The English Group Blog http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog Boutique creative agency. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:54:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Kittens http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/kittens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kittens http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/kittens/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:54:34 +0000 Marc Carter http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/?p=51001 This might be Iain Claridge’s first kittens GIF, but it’s not ours!

 

Via: Iain Claridge

]]> http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/kittens/feed/ 0 Bottletop Full Circle 2013 http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/bottletop-full-circle-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bottletop-full-circle-2013 http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/bottletop-full-circle-2013/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 10:02:31 +0000 Alice Taylor http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/?p=50983 The English Group: Work in progress.

 

The English Group are currently working with the charity foundation, Bottletop, for their Full Circle event - Cinematic Visions: Painting at the Edge of Reality at Victoria-Miro Gallery. Here are some quick snaps of the event ticket.

Bottletop produce beautifully designed fashion accessories from upcycled ring pulls in Salvador, North East Brazil. They give highly skilled craftsmen the opportunity to support themselves and their families.

 

Visit Bottletop to read more about their fabulous work.

 

Read about the event here.

 

The cover image is by one of the featuring artists: Hernan Bas.

 

Visit Victoria-Miro gallery here.

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Via: Iain Claridge

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In addition to the images showcased a few days ago, I have now added Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s ‘Butterfly Flower Bowling’ from 1912.

Below, are ‘Petunia, Walberswick’ from 1914, ‘Willow Herb, Buxted’ from 1919, and the originally featured ‘Sea Pink, Holly Island’ a rather lovely sketch from 1901.

 

Via: Hoodoo That Voodoo

 

 

]]> http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/sea-pink/feed/ 0 Danielle Hayes by Zoe Economides http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/danielle-hayes-by-zoe-economides/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=danielle-hayes-by-zoe-economides http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/danielle-hayes-by-zoe-economides/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 07:19:13 +0000 Marc Carter http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/?p=50961 I’m a great fan of both naturalistic photography – whether that be portraiture or erotic – and freckles in particular, so this shoot of model Danielle Hayes by Zoe Economides certainly ticks the boxes.

 

You can see more images from the shoot across at Fashionising.

]]> http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/danielle-hayes-by-zoe-economides/feed/ 0 The Floating Church http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/the-floating-church/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-floating-church http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/the-floating-church/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 07:09:14 +0000 Marc Carter http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/?p=50953 As part of renovation work, a 112-year-old exterior of the Provo Tabernacle in Provo, Utah, has been amazingly raised up 40 feet in the air using hundreds of stilts and intricate scaffolding work.

The church was initially damaged in a 2010 fire, and has now been saved by engineers who gutted the damaged interior, and then went about supporting the 3,500 ton exterior to allow them to dig down for a two storey basement (so in actual fact the building itself hasn’t moved an inch).

 

 

Photo: Brian Hansen

 

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Via: Iain Claridge

]]> http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/22/olivetti/feed/ 0 Ray Manzarek R.I.P. http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/21/ray-manzarek/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ray-manzarek http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/21/ray-manzarek/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 08:15:55 +0000 Alice Taylor http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/?p=50935 Ray Manzarek, a founding member of 1960s rock group The Doors, has died following a battle with bile duct cancer at the age of 74.

 

He formed the band in 1965 with singer Jim Morrison and created songs like Break on Through (To The Other Side) and Light My Fire.

Via: Sky News, Yahoo, Tumblr, Etsy

]]> http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/21/ray-manzarek/feed/ 0 La Dolce Vita http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/21/la-dolce-vita/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-dolce-vita http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/21/la-dolce-vita/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:22 +0000 Alice Taylor http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/?p=50929 Anita Ekberg, “La Dolce Vita”, 1960Via: Tamara Sturtz

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